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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
8
A panoramic account tracing Mexico from September 1910 to 1913, detailing Porfirio Diaz’s regime, foreign investment, land concentration, and rising unrest. It covers Taft’s border mobilizations, Madero’s presidency, revolutionary figures Zapata and Orozco, and the pivotal 1913 street battles leading to Huerta’s coup.
Francisco I Madero, heir to a powerful Mexican family, formed a reform plan that challenged the government. He was defeated in the election and jailed, likely to be executed had his influential family not secured his exile to the United States where he organized a revolution. The Water Pierce Oil Company aided the war effort.
A Scotsman writer notes memorable canine memory with cases from Major Fair of Wells and a Hawick terrier. A Dandie Dinmont pup, later aged nine, recognized Major Fair after five years, and a barber shop reunion ended with joyful licking. Another terrier refused to recognize his old owner, then silently followed four miles home.
A New York vestryman visits a Sunday school and quizzes pupils about the sixth commandment. After pressuring the class, he finally asks what commandment Cain broke when he killed Abel. The teacher whispers a student’s reply that there were no commandments when Cain killed Abel.
A Sunday School Times meditation compares a humble cold spring beside a dusty mountain road to the deeper supports of life. It notes that inner depth and quiet shelter can refresh others, even when outward surroundings seem exposed to heat and hardship.
A brief exploration of the oyster as a timeless favorite from prehistoric middens to Roman feasts and modern cuisine. The piece notes its unmatched versatility, whether raw or cooked, and its enduring appeal to lovers of good eating.
Australia reports a new predatory cat type arising from domestic stock, now widespread with few natural enemies. These cats raid livestock and prey on rabbits, lizards, and young lambs, complicating rural life and rabbit control efforts.
The Cleveland Leader recounts young Cicero Binks a brilliant student who could recite much of science and literature yet faced dismissal by two friends who mocked him. His vast learning ends in a sad astute realization about arrogance and vanity.
A tall stranger, Enoch the egg king, visits the Globe Museum and Family Theater offering to perform as a front in the curio ball. He promises to handle eggs during shows and insists on time to eat his meals, even amid a demanding schedule.
A discussion on regulating language in criticism and journalism. The piece argues against cliché terms and urges stricter limits on overused descriptors in journalism, criticism, and political oratory, citing examples like significant and gripping.
Two club friends argue about the next house’s character and hire an Irishman as umpire. Pat, seeing the lantern, reveals the next house is Gilhooley's and that a hardshell Living Day Adventist lives there, ending the friendly quarrel with a local flavor.
The article explains English chronograms used in Renaissance Britain, notably Queen Elizabeth I’s death inscription "My Day Is Closed In Immortality" with MDCTII for 1603. It notes letters serving as numerals appear as capitals at word starts, but some letters still violate the rule by using redundant numerals.
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